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(You need blank lines between your list lines -- I wish this weren't true on HN but it is) I think there's value in Mozilla using its (admittedly dwindling) mi
by camgunz 3y ago
(You need blank lines between your list lines -- I wish this weren't true on HN but it is)
I think there's value in Mozilla using its (admittedly dwindling) mindshare to push services that make browsing the web more private and more secure. Maybe you disagree, but it doesn't change the fact that they're products. And arguably, the "focus on Firefox" crowd should be pleased by this: it means Mozilla didn't "waste" resources on making their own VPN service, etc.
N.B. Firefox Focus is an Android/iOS mobile app that wraps the browsers on those platforms and essentially just blocks trackers. There's some other stuff but that's the gist.
- aragilar 3y agoAlternate idea: Mozilla (Org, not Corp, so avoids the issue of focus) certifies services as meeting some privacy and security criteria, and so can avoid the need to spend engineer/manager time wrapping existing services in their own branding (thinking of HIBP and Mullvad here), and also get a bit of free advertising (the "oh, privacy-focused services work in Firefox, what do services that don't do"). I'd argue if they split off Thunderbird (for which there is no good alternative) because of focus issues, they should not wrap projects that others maintain. P.S. thanks for the formatting advice
- camgunz 3y agoYeah I wonder if there could be like an endorsement type thing. Mozilla certifies a product or service and promotes it, the owners of that product/service give them money, etc. They'd have to walk a careful line though: people hate any kind of advertising in Firefox (Mozilla VPN had a big ad that everyone hated and got pulled; the Mr Robot debacle). That kind of limits your options. Fair point about Thunderbird haha; I'm so annoyed that they did that.